Improvement in kerosene-lamps



S; DODSWORTH.

KEROSENE-LAMP. Y No.,187.828. Patented Feb. 27,1817.

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NAPEIERS, PNOTO-LITHOGRAPHER, WAHINGTON. D. C.

SAMUEL DODSWORTH, LEAVENWORTH, KANSAS.

lWlPROVENlENT IN KERQSENE -LAMPS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 187,828, dated February 27, 1877 application filed v January 19, 1877.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, SAMUEL Donswonrn,

of Leavenworth city, in the county of Leavenworth and State of Kansas, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Kerosene Street-Lamp, ot' which the following is a conveniently manipulated, and reliable in use.

Theinvention consists in the combination of the oilreservoir, made with a shoulder around its upper part, the plate, the globe, the top, the rods, the perforated plate, the

burner, and the wick-tube, box, and cap with each other; and in the wick-tube of a kerosene-lamp, made with flanges upon the inner surface of its edges, to adapt it to receive a permanent wick or wicks, and the burning- Wick, as hereinafter fully described.

A is the oil-reservoir of the lamp, which is designed to be attached to'a post. The reservoir A is made with a shoulder around its upper part, upon which rests the lower edge of a plate, B, to the upper edge of which is attached, or upon it is formed, the seat for the globe G. The plate B is cut away upon one side to admit air to support combustion; or the said plate may be perforated to. admit air. The upper end of the globe G tits around the top or cap 1) of the lamp, so that the globe O and plate B may be raised to give access to the burner.

The top D is supported by rods E, the upper ends of which are attached to the upper part ot' the said top D, and their lower ends are attached to the oil-reservoir A. The globe O is held down to its seat by the rods L, the lower ends of which are attached to the globe-seat, and their upper ends are bent inward to overlap the upper edge of the said globe G, as shown in Fig. l.

The plate B is slotted vertically to receive lugs F, attached to the upper part of the reservoir A, to keep the plate B and globe O in place, while allowing them to be raised when required.

When the plate B and globe G are raised they may be held up by being turned a little, so that thelower edge of the plate B may rest upon the lugs F.

To the top of the plate B is attached a perforated plate, G, to check the air while allowing it to pass up freely to the burner. The plate G has a hole formed through its center to receive the wick-tube H, which passes down through it and into the oil-reservoir A. To the upper end of the wick-tube H is attached a box, I, which is provided with a top or cap, J, in the center of which is formed a screw-hole, to adapt it to serve as a collar, into which the burner K is screwed.

The burner K may be constructed in the usual way. The wick passes down through the wick-tube of the burner, and through the wick-tube H.

The wick-tube H may be an ordinary tube; but I prefer to make it with two flanges, 71., upon the inner surface of its edges, as shown in Fig. 3.

Between the flanges h and the sides of the tube H are inserted permanent wicks, and in the middle part of the tube H, between the flanges h, is inserted the wick to be burned, and which passes up through the wick-tube of the burner K. I

By this construction the permanent wicks will keep the burning-wick supplied with oil, even when it becomes very short.

Having thusdescribed my invention, Iclaim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent .l. The combination of the oil'reservoir A, made with a shoulder around its upper part, the plate B, the globe G, the top D, the rods E L, the perforated plate G, the burner K, and the wick-tube, box, and cap H I J, with each other, substantially as herein shown and described.

2. The wick-tube H of a kerosene-lamp, made with flanges h upon the inner surface of its edges, to adapt it to receive a permanent wick or wicks and the burning-wick, substantially as herein shown and described.

SAMUEL DODSWURTH.

Witnesses:

J. Z. SHOEMAKER, HENRY KEEZDORN. 

